sbdcsierra Chapter 593 Old Turtle
Chapter 593 Old Turtle
Chao Bufan smiled slightly and said, "Yu Linglong, didn't I tell you before? I want you to experience the pain of losing a loved one. What, you actually sent your father to his death? Aren't you afraid I'll kill him?"
"Shut up!" Linglong roared angrily, "Tianyue, didn't you ask me if I ever loved you? I'll tell you now, I never loved you from the very beginning. I've always been using you, using you, do you understand?"
Upon hearing this, Chao Bufan frowned, a sly glint in his eyes, and laughed, "I know, that's why I want you to taste the bitterness of losing a loved one, I want you to experience the pain of losing a loved one."
“Boy, you’ve got quite the nerve! Since you’ve chosen the path to heaven but refuse to take it, and you’ve chosen the path to hell but refuse to take it, then I’ll grant your wish. Linglong,” said Bald Eagle, “you step back now, and I’ll kill him to avenge Zhengliang.”
With that, Vulture swiftly drew his longsword from behind him and charged towards Chao Bufan, shouting, "Boy, prepare to die!"
Chao Bufan didn't dodge, but sneered and said, "Overestimating yourself." With that, he swung his fist and punched the rapidly approaching vulture...
"boom!"
With a deafening roar, before the vulture could even react or dodge, it was blasted apart by Chao Bufan's punch, and a shower of blood rained down from the sky.
The events unfolded so suddenly and without warning that Linglong was caught off guard. By the time she realized what had happened, Chao Bufan and Seventh Master had vanished, leaving only a pool of blood on the ground. Her eyes widened in shock, and she immediately knelt down with a thud, muttering, "No, no, Father, Father, where are you? Please don't frighten your daughter." Then, she looked up and cried out in anguish, "Father..."
"Bufan, was that the woman you used to like?"
Chao Bufan and Seventh Master walked at the foot of the lonely city. Seventh Master asked him a question.
Upon hearing this, Chao Bufan gave a bitter smile and said, "Back then, I loved her wholeheartedly, and I thought she loved me too."
“But she doesn’t love you, she’s just using you, right?” Seventh Master said.
Chao Bufan grunted in response.
Seventh Master asked, "Then why did you drink that cup of poison in the first place?"
Upon hearing this, Chao Bufan sighed deeply and then said, "I was so in love with her that I was willing to drink that cup of poison for her. I thought she would shed tears for me."
"Sigh!" Seventh Master sighed and said, "Everything has its destiny; you can't force it. Feelings are something that can't be explained or defined." He paused, then asked, "Bufan, do you still love her?"
Upon hearing this, Chao Bufan was stunned for a moment, and his heart stirred. He asked himself, "Do I still love her?"
Seventh Master glanced at Chao Bufan and smiled slightly, "Actually, I know even if you don't say it. After all, life is fleeting, like grass and trees. Life is like walking through thorns; if the heart is still, the body will not act rashly, and thus will not be harmed. But if the heart is agitated, the body will act rashly, and thus suffer pain. When the Goddess Nuwa scattered ashes to create spirits and molded clay to create humans, she endowed all living things with something called 'emotion.' Every flower and blade of grass has emotion, every tree and leaf has feelings, let alone humans. It's just that humans are too obsessed with desires, often feeling that what they cannot obtain will..." You might always think he's wonderful, but little do you know: great sorrow is tearless, great enlightenment is speechless, great laughter is silent; true happiness lies in the ordinary. Therefore, love breeds sorrow, love breeds fear; if one is free from love, there is neither sorrow nor fear. Frankly speaking, this is also a trial for you. Whether it's love or hate, you should be grateful to her. You should be grateful that she let you experience true heartache, you should be grateful that she let you experience true hurt. If life were ordinary and uneventful, without any hardships, how could there be any growth?
Upon hearing this, Chao Bufan suddenly felt as if the clouds had parted to reveal the clear sky, and his mood improved considerably. He smiled and asked, "Seventh Master, have you ever experienced love?"
Upon hearing this, Seventh Master paused for a moment, then gave Chao Bufan a sharp rap on the head with a "thud," saying irritably, "You brat, trying to make fun of me, huh?"
Chao Bufan scratched his head and chuckled, "Seventh Master, actually I guessed it even if you didn't say it. You must have loved a woman before, right?"
"How do you know?" Seventh Master asked.
Chao Bufan reverted to his usual carefree and irreverent demeanor, and laughed, "If you hadn't crossed the ocean of emotions, you wouldn't be able to spout such profound truths."
Upon hearing this, Seventh Master suddenly raised an eyebrow, his expression somewhat dazed, as if he were recalling something. Chao Bufan did not disturb him, but continued walking up the mountain.
A moment later, Seventh Master realized what had happened, glanced at Chao Bufan who had already gone far away, and muttered under his breath, "You brat, I almost fell for your trick."
Back in the isolated city, Chu Xiong and his two fellow disciples were meditating and cultivating in their respective rooms, while Baihe and the others gathered in the back garden to admire the flowers and scenery. They stood by the small pond, arguing about something, each expressing their own opinions and chattering incessantly.
"I guess it should be around five hundred years."
"I guess it's been at least eight hundred years."
"No, it's at least a thousand years old."
"You're all wrong. It should be 1,500 years old."
……
From afar, he could hear Lily and the others arguing, looking rather dejected. Chao Bufan immediately knew what they were arguing about, so he walked over and asked with a smile, "What are you arguing about!"
“Bufan, you’ve come at the right time. Tell me, how long has this tortoise lived?” Huang Mengting asked first.
It turned out that there was an old turtle living in the pond. This old turtle was much larger than the average water tank. When the women saw it, they started guessing the turtle's age.
Chao Bufan smiled and said, "What do you think?"
Huang Mengting said, "I guess it's a thousand years old."
Chao Bufan asked Yifei beside him, "Yifei, what do you think?"
Yifei said, "I guess it's 1,500 years old."
Chao Bufan then asked Baihe, "And you?"
Lily said, "I guess he's 1,800 years old."
The others then revealed their guesses about his age, and Chao Bufan laughed, "You guys are all wrong."
Lily said, "Did we all guess wrong?"
Chao Bufan said, "This old tortoise has existed since the founding ancestor of our Lonely City established his sect. Back then, when Master Ye Mei traveled to the foot of Lonely Mountain, he saw that the spiritual energy here was lush and lush, so he established his sect here. Coincidentally, he found this tortoise in the river at the foot of the mountain that year, so he brought it up the mountain. At that time, this old tortoise was already over a thousand years old."
"How many years has that isolated city been built?" Tang Qianqian asked.
Chao Bufan laughed and said, "The Lonely City has been established for three thousand five hundred years."
Huang Mengting exclaimed in surprise, "So, this old tortoise is over four thousand five hundred years old?"